Associate (Business Intelligence) (Charleston Office)

Are you a curious, resourceful researcher who loves finding the answers to tough questions? Are you a highly organized and detail-oriented project coordinator who thrives on keeping processes on track? If so, let’s talk. 

Quinlan Partners is an internationally recognized boutique investigations, due diligence, and business intelligence firm ranked by Chambers and Partners and serving many of the world’s leading law firms, institutional investors, and corporates. We were founded and are managed by experienced former investigative journalists, corporate investigators, and legal professionals.

We are seeking an Associate to join our business intelligence research team in Charleston. We seek a candidate who will contribute to both our investigative research initiatives by conducting open source research related to our investigative projects and help support operations to ensure that projects are delivered at the highest quality and according to plan.

Sample projects include:
 

• Background diligence on new CEO candidate for a Fortune 500 company;
• Pre-investment diligence and market intelligence in advance of multi-billion-dollar acquisitions
• Locating and interviewing of witnesses in advance of litigation.

• Identify and research individuals of interest using people finder databases, our proprietary systems, commercial databases, and general internet research.
• Conduct market and business intelligence research on topics, companies, or industries of interest to our clients. 

• Compile quantitative and qualitative information for our team of investigative interviewers; perform follow-up research as needed to assist investigators.
• Assist teams in producing client-ready deliverables for upcoming client meetings/status reports.
• Assist in synthesizing and communicating key findings to our clients, who are often making high-stakes decisions.

• Partner with research and investigative teams to ensure client engagements and project deliverables are on track; ensure teams are equipped with the information needed.
• Create, copy, edit, organize and track inbound and outbound documents  to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and quality control.
• Maintain project timelines and records/documents within Quinlan’s project management system to ensure teams are aligned and up-to-date on project statuses.

• Bachelor's degree in business management, project management, journalism, marketing, English, history, or related field. We are open to any background so long as you are passionate about research and project management.
• 1-2 years of experience in a research-oriented, project management, or consulting role.  Experience in a research-oriented role at a professional services firm is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional multitasking skills when handling competing priorities/deadlines.
• Outstanding attention to detail, organizational skills, time management, and drive to see projects through to successful completion. We are a small firm where these skills are required of everyone in the organization.
• Strong investigative instincts when conducting online research.
• Proactive mindset.
• Outstanding communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to communicate across teams and levels of an organization.
• Experience working within a project management database/software; comfortable with cloud-based documents (e.g., Google Sheets, Salesforce, etc.).
• Proficient in the MS Office suite, Google suite, and team communication/collaboration tools and apps (e.g., Slack).
• Bonus if you have experience with Python or web-scraping.

This is a full time position